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Hi
I would like to have a portrait like this photo http://www.danskfotografi.dk/media/b...rtraetfoto.jpg on my website. It's black and white, with a black background but how is it done? Photoshop? Tia for any hints or links |
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In article .com,
beeo wrote: Well, it's awful portraiture. It's an attempt to recreate the old character portraits of the 30s, 40s, and early 50s. But it belies the single light principle. There should only be one main light source. |
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On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:16:32 -0800, Randall Ainsworth
wrote: In article .com, beeo wrote: Well, it's awful portraiture. It's an attempt to recreate the old character portraits of the 30s, 40s, and early 50s. But it belies the single light principle. There should only be one main light source. Why? |
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In article ,
wrote: Why? Because outside we only have one sun, and the practice through the years has been to somewhat emulate that effect. Now, the photograph that was linked to could be said to be using accent lighting. Still, it is not flattering in most cases to use what's called balloon lighting (as per the linked example). |
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On Feb 6, 6:42 am, "beeo" wrote:
Hi I would like to have a portrait like this photohttp://www.danskfotografi.dk/media/billeder/portraetfoto.jpgon my website. It's black and white, with a black background but how is it done? Photoshop? Tia for any hints or links That's not such a great photo, but think I understand what you are asking. I doubt it was created in photoshop. Basically, the subject is lit while in a dark room against a dark background. And by controlling the spill of the lights, the subject is the only thing lit. I did a self-portrait a few years ago with a similar approach he http://www.karlwinkler.com/Philosophy.html I used two lights (as did the photographer who did the picture in your link) one main light to my right, and one spot to my left, above and behind me (to give definition against the dark background). Part of the key to this kind of approach is to position the lights and use specific kinds of light modifiers to A) avoid spill to the background areas, B) light the subject appropriately and C) give enough edge definition to separate the subject from the background. One of the best of this style I've seen done recently was a photo of Mickey Rourke in Rolling Stone magazine a few years ago. Hope this helps. -Karl |
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